THE GRUNTERIST AND THE VOICES OF THE FLATS: A BLACK COMEDY
What does it take to become a grunterist? What does it mean to be one? And is it a good idea in the first place?
Spotted Grunter
GRUNTER MATH
After getting his PhD in pancakes, refusals and eats, Professor LeRoy Botha runs us through the equations involved in catching the spotted grunter on fly.
SHAWNING 101
In the past, I have imposed constraints upon things in a very random way. Although I have not been blind to my hypocrisy, only recently
STRAIGHTSTICK
You know when a guy has a fishing middle name like Marius “Straightstick” Rousseau, that he’s walked the walk. Whether it was targeting largemouth yellowfish
A DISH CALLED DEDICATION
How this art lure angler underwent the conversion to fly fishing in the toughest possible way – obsessing over spotted grunter… READ ON:
GRUNTER GOTTA EAT Part 3 or 4
TOTALLY COMMITTED Nine to five. That’s how long I worked that flat today. The blazing sun burned me right through my shirt: I now look
GRUNTER GOTTA EAT Pt. 2.2
IRONMAN SBS If you haven’t read part 1 and part 2.1 of this series, may I suggest you do before working through this piece? If
GRUNTER GOTTA EAT Pt. 2.1
A muse, a rant and an introduction to the upcoming Ironman SBS I feel as though we need some emotional preparation. Even if I were
GRUNTER GOTTA EAT Part 1
For as long as South African fly fishers have been obsessed with spotted grunter, misconceptions and heresies have spread about fishing for them and what
THE FEATHERS AWARD
When we announced the Feathers Award in December 2020, we knew it would attract some very special entries. This was not only because for this